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Show Thursday, October 1 1, 2007 OREM TIMES Page 7 r notes NEWS AND IDEAS Students reflect on progress in annual program Melissa Mayntz NORTH COUNTY STAFF Many times during the school year teachers, pa-ents and students reflect on academic progress, but now is the time for students to reflect on their creative strengths through the annual Reflections Program. The Reflections Program is a nationwide PTA arts education enhancement program for K-12 students that focuses on individual indi-vidual projects in a number of categories, including photography, photogra-phy, literature, dance, musical composition and other artistic venues. For many schools, the Reflections Program is a unique opportunity to highlight students' creativity that might otherwise be underappreciated in a traditional curriculum. "The Reflections Program is a wonderful opportunity for children to showcase their talents," Angela Faulconer, the Reflections Coordinator for Hillcrest Elementary, said. "Almost every child will have something they like to do that is covered by the program." Students can create mul tiger Briana Reyes Seeing men in orange vests has become a daily part of my life. Getting to my destination destina-tion has become an obstacle course, as I'm sure it has for many. This is all due to the construction on 8th North in Orem. Families were required to move, their houses were torn down and the work to expand mmmmmwrmmmmm0mmtwmmmmmimm 7 days. 4 lines and a photo. Includes Classified Marketplace & online. If it doesn't sell, renew for 7 days FREE. imhmjmOrem 801 -224-0921 7 1 li?ioV SATISFACTION I. n IAD AMTCCn IfcGMiw 'ft k FROM CLASSROOMS AND EDUCATORS tiple projects for the program, though they are limited to only one entry per category. According Ac-cording to Faulconer, Hillcrest Elementary had 59 projects entered during last year's program pro-gram including some students who submitted up to three unique projects. She hopes to have more than 100 entries under this year's theme, "I can make a difference by..." To encourage students to participate, Faulconer is advertising ad-vertising the program on the school's marquee, making periodic announcements and explaining the program at Back to School Night as well as during parentteacher conferences. confer-ences. She is also recruiting last year's participants to speak as Reflections ambassadors to their classes about the program to help spread the word. Prizes may be offered to students who enter the program early or who enter multiple categories. "I'm hoping to build a buzz in the school," she said. One of the biggest challenges to encouraging participation, Faulconer said, is that many families have not heard of the the street started. This is all old news but I doubt many people anticipated that it would be as bad as it is. Every day a different street seems to be closed down. No left turn here, or there, or really re-ally anywhere for that matter. Miss the one turn and drive all the way to a light only to backtrack back-track and find an open street to go down. A five minute drive to 7-Eleven 7-Eleven even with a few red lights takes closer to 20 minutes min-utes now. The red lights never seem to end. A Thursday night at 11 o' clock with literally two cars on the road and I wait have nun? (H7 sifl3 J 7 I I I asr I program and the long application applica-tion and rule book can be intimidating. intim-idating. To help families learn about the program, Faulconer is planning an after school workshop in early October to introduce the program, answer questions and help more people become interested in participating. participat-ing. "It's not as scary as the rule packet may seem to be," she said. While the Reflections Program Pro-gram is a competition with students who enter outstanding outstand-ing projects moving on to the district, regional, state and national na-tional levels, Faulconer said the main focus is on recognizing students' participation rather than scoring individual entries. "It's another opportunity for us to spotlight each child," she said. "Every child who participates par-ticipates will get some recognition." recogni-tion." Faulconer is seeking donations dona-tions for prizes and treats both to encourage students to participate as well as to recognize recog-nize students at the awards assembly as-sembly planned for November 30. All participants will also be to wait minutes for it to turn green. Guess I could just run it but it would probably result in adding another accident to the list because of the construction chaos. Many kids like to jaywalk across this street. I know firsthand first-hand it saves time; or at least used to. Now if you can make it past the mess consider yourself your-self lucky. One wrong step and you trip or the construction workers send you right back the way you came. I take the walk all the way around my neighborhood so I can cross at the light; just as difficult for the most part but a little bit safer. I end up cutting heraldextra.com DmluUcfttto Meet ' Dona Johnson, a recent graduate of our rehab program. Dona's goal was to be able to take a trip to England, requiring a great deal of walking. After 6 wks. of therapy for a total knee replacement she reached her goal and was able to enjoy her trip to England. Go Dona! WAW.martinscollistonrepalr.com 5sm invited to an ice cream party with the principal. Another challenge with the program, Faulconer said, is recruiting volunteers from the community to serve as judges. Finding judges can be a challenge chal-lenge because parents and teachers are not eligible due to potential bias. . For Faulconer, the best part of coordinating the program is seeing the difference it makes to students' sense of achievement achieve-ment when they learn that they can create independent projects and be recognized for their efforts. ef-forts. "You don't necessarily have to be the star student or the star athlete," Faulconer said. "If you take a risk and make some effort, ef-fort, positive things will come of it." Hillcrest Element ary's due date for this year's Reflections Program projects is Oct. 25; other schools may have different differ-ent deadlines. Application packets pack-ets are available in the Main Office. Individuals interested in volunteering to judge entries are encouraged to call 227-8717 for details. it really close to work time but once the street is finished there is no way anyone is getting across that street jaywalking might as well start the habit now. I am sure once the work is finished it will be worth it but at the time being people need to be careful on this road. Yes, it is a pain but rules still need to be followed. Better safe than sorry as many say which unfortunately has not been followed. At this point something should and probably needs to be done to control the traffic on this road or else more accidents and fatalities will arise. fftJ'ftfj'.Hfi J ill l!0i A X v Chances are you'll never have to deal with a child abduction. But if the unthinkable should happen, the AMBER Alert Safe Child Database could improve your child's chances of recovery from a matter of days to hours! Volunteers from the American Fork Rotary Club will be on hand at Mountain America's branch in American Fork to issue free identification cards and enter your child's information directly into this vital database. Bring your child and enroll them at this event. Because, when your child's safety is at stake, you want to spread the word to everyone as quickly as possible. Thursday, October 1 1 , 2007 I 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. All Schools No school There will be no school today, Friday or Monday due to Fall Break and a professional development day. Classes resume Tuesday. Orem High School Red Ribbon Week Red Ribbon Week begins Tuesday to focus on the dangers of drugs, alcohol and violence. UBSC retakes UBSC test retakes for juniors and seniors se-niors will be Oct. 1(5-18. Call 227-8765 for details. Summer photos sought The Tigerama yearbmk is still in need of summer activity activ-ity and dating pictures. Please turn photos in the Gina Tuttle in room B-ll. College night The Counseling Coun-seling Office is hosting College Col-lege Night on Wednesday from 7-9 p.m. Representatives from different colleges will be available and all parents and students are welcome. Cascade Elementary Picture make ups Ifcture make up day is Oct. 18 for all students. Call 227-8707 for more information. Lunch recess aide opening There is a paid opening for a lunch recess aide daily from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Contact Michelle Lloyd for details. Cougar choir Students in third grade and up are invited to participate in the Cascade Cougar choir. Rehearsals for a.m. students will be from 2:20-3 2:20-3 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Thurs-days, and rehearsals for p.m. students will be from 8:30-9:10 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Permission notes are required. Box tops During the 2000-2007 2000-2007 school year, more than $800 from box tops and more than $640 from Campbell's soup labels were earned. Students Stu-dents are asked to keep saving box tops and soup labels to help raise money. Foothill Elementary Parent Teacher Conferences Parent Teacher Conferences Conferenc-es are by appointment Tuesday Tues-day and Oct. 18. Call 227-2465 for more information. Book Fair Blizzard The Book Fair Blizzard is coming to Foothill Elementary Oct. 16- The New National AMBER Alert Safe Child Database Is Here! Mountain America Credit Union I American Fork Branch 893 West State Road I American Fork, Utah 84003 801-763-0133 NCUA www.macu.com 18. The lair will be oen 3:30-7:30 3:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, 8:45-10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3:30-4:30 3:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesday and 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday. Story times, a guessing contest. xster giveaways, a parent drawing and teacher wish lists will l)e available. Hillcrest Elementary Red Ribbon Week Red Ribbon Week begins Monday to focus awareness on the dangers of drugs, tobacco, alcohol ami violence. PTA positions available Several IT A volunteer positions po-sitions are still available. Contact Con-tact Debbie Limb for details. Cookie dough sale to end The Sally Foster and cookie dough sale ends Wednesday. Hillcrest Elementary receives 50 percent of Sally Foster sales and 40 percent of cookie dough sales. Orders can also be made online. Call 227-8717 for details. Scera Park Elementary PTA to meet The October Octo-ber PI"A meeting is Oct. 18 at 1 1:30 a.m. in the school library. li-brary. Everyone is welcome. PTA volunteers needed The ITA has several volunteer vol-unteer positions available, including president-elect for the 2008-2009 school year and both junior and senior Knowledge Knowl-edge Bowl chairpersons. Contact Con-tact IX'hi I.ee for more details or volunteer opportunities. Sharon Elementary Pumpkin Land visit I "re-school "re-school and kindergarten students will visit Pumpkin Land on Wednesday. Parents should contact their child's teacher for more information. Noah Webster Academy Openings Noah Webster Academy has openings for one speec h language therapist and two instructional assistants. Please call 420-6024 for details. Box top drive Next week is the October box top drive. Parents are encouraged to submit box tops to help Noah Webster Academy raise money. A mouniain America CREDIT UNION |